Friday, 25 July 2014

Maxx Rumble Book 3: Grand Final

The Soccer Knockout Grand
Final is here at last. The other teams that played the Stone Valley Saints were
pretty rotten with their tacky tactics, but the Plankluvin Pirates are the
‘rottenest’ of the bunch. They look and are big and tough with their crayon
moustaches and pirate chant that’s sung to the tune of the ‘drunken sailor’
song.

Arriving at the park, Maxx
and his team are amazed at the amount of spectators. But they are there only for
the Plankluvin Pirates. Everything reflects their pirate preference from their
outfits to their nasty placards. But the Saints won’ be intimidated.

Playing in the Grand Final
is a special moment in time for Maxx and his team. But the cry of all-out
attack from Blackbeard has the Pirates stampeding across the field. Mr Nuffin
the referee is unable to blow his whistle because he’s being water cannoned by
the crowd. It’s a free-for-all and the Saints have to come up with something
bigger than the Pirates.

Mr Nuffin refuses to be
intimated also. He finds a spare whistle and doesn’t spare the blows. The
ever-optimistic leader Maxx digs deep to find that little bit more and calls
all-out-attack as the pirates make a wall.

Can the Saints find enough
energy to stay in step with the Pirates? Can a ball to the face again for Rexx
be the Saints’ saving grace? If so, how? And can Maxx Rumble bring his team to
victory and take the trophy?

Outrageously entertaining,
with its clever word play and with the round-up of the series the best of all, this
series is a winner. Michael Wagner’s smart prose teamed up with Terry Denton’s
amazing translation of the text guarantees that.

These chapter books are
not to be missed by parents searching for reading matter for their reluctant
reader. Highly creative with strong optimistic messages in every book, kids who
loved the Crazy Relief Teachers
series by Matt Porter will love these as well.